As we approach the blank surface, perhaps there is a preformed destination in mind.  Or maybe we simply begin and follow where the paint takes us.  For many artists, painting is as much about process as it is about finished product.  Actually, it is likely more about process and hardly about product at all.

Last year, New York artist Eric LoPresti created a series of paintings repeating the same composition but shifting to various degrees stylistically.

 

Even the artist that begins with an idea of where they are going will often find the paint taking them in a different direction entirely.  It is when we are open to those new directions that the magic really happens– the subconscious takes over and our heart wields the brush ahead of our mind.  All it takes is the placement of a certain color or line and suddenly we are off into worlds as yet untraveled.

To see more of Eric LoPresti‘s work, please visit his website.

All images are via the artist’s website.  Artist found via Uprise Art.